Codebook for District Change variables

dist107 - 107th Congressional Districts
dist108 - 108th Congressional Districts
displacement - percent population displacement from the 107th Congressional Districts to the 108th (used for "A" Tables)
continuity - percent population continuity of 108th Congressional Districts from the 107th (used for "B" tables)
state - number of state, alphabetic, single district states not included.
state_name - state name



If you use these data, please cite the corresponding paper:



"Using Geographic Information Systems to Measure District Change, 2000-02," Forthcoming, Political Analysis 
(Summer, 2005) 13(3): 253-260    



**To create the A tables for all 50 states, i.e. displacement from the 107th districts to the 108th run:**

	bys state_name: table dist107 dist108, c(max displacement)


**and for the B tables:**

	bys state_name: table dist107 dist108, c(max continuity)


